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Upstream blends biography, film theory, history and allegory to tell the story of: John Ford's life, Hollywood's golden era, the Second World War and the blacklists. Upstream is the story of the twentieth century through Ford's lense.

 

The book takes a broad survey of Ford's historical impact and unravels the mythological nature of the man and his work. 

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Upstream takes a radically holistic approach by examining Ford's: love affair with Katherine Hepburn, his time overseas in the Navy and intelligence community, his artistic influences, the hidden layers of meaning in his work, his alcohol addiction, his humanism, his bi-sexuality and his stormy relationships with Henry Fonda and John Wayne. . 

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